Gaining momentum again after the mid-week slump. Got started on my usual cross-trainer session then realised that a) I was bored b) I missed my old strength/conditioning training and c) for once the "gorilla pit" was dead quiet meaning I didn't have to feel too self-conscious while sweating it out amongst muscle-heads.
Smashed out a conditioning circuit (3 rounds of 6 strength exercises done at a fast pace with 60 seconds break between rounds) then threw in a few extra exercises for each body part to make sure I was properly fatigued - and punished for taking such a long break from that kind of training! It felt amazing... although I'm a little nervous about how sore I'm going be tomorrow.
Diet is going well - cooked some amazing chicken drumsticks for dinner (marinated in whole grain mustard, garlic & lemon juice & baked for 60 mins on 180c). Struggled with hunger after the workout today though and had a bit of a carb fest of plain basmati rice after I got home. Total calories came to about 1300 for the day. I figure as long as I'm eating the right foods and only when I'm hungry, I shouldn't be worried about going over 1200 - more important to listen to my body.
Tomorrow is day 7 and our last day of the gym trial... Better make it a good one! Putting it out there to the universe that we land some work pronto cuz I'm not keen on going back to my gym-less workouts (or lack thereof). Oh well - I'll worry about that when we come to it. Right now I'm just happy to have seen such great results in a really short period of time (and without starving myself or overdoing it at the gym). I'll post the photo montage tomorrow - it's definitely a visible difference! In the meantime: sleep.
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